Clergy Call 2009 Transcript: Steve Sprinkle
Call for Justice and Equality - Opening Prayer
May 5, 2009
O God, whose passion for justice calls us here today, we pray for the thousands of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons who have lost their lives to irrational hatred, and for the many tens of thousands more who have lost jobs, housing, and healthcare because of embedded prejudices against them. Put faces for us, dear God, on the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, faces like Angie Zapata, 18 year old transgender woman from Greeley, CO, murdered with a fire extinguisher by a young man who declared with malice that “Gay things need to die.” Put faces on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act for us, as well, faces like Jacqueline Thomas, a 42 year old African American lesbian, who lost her job at a law firm because of “rumors” that she was gay. Open the hearts of America to the better angels of our nature, so that justice may roll down like mighty waters, and every American may know the blessings of liberty, security and peace. And, until that day comes here in Washington, and around the nation, grant us spiritual strength to keep on working, and telling our stories of hope and change, for, God, we who believe in justice cannot rest! We who believe in justice cannot rest until it comes!
Amen!
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